Community Safety Partnerships: County Down

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which organisations are represented on the North Down Community Safety Partnership; which organisations received funding from the partnership in each of the last three years; and how much each received.

Paul Goggins: Organisations represented on the North Down Community Safety Partnership Membership are:
	North Down PSNI; Northern Ireland Housing Executive; Age Concern; North Down Community Network; Bangor and Holywood Town Centre Management; North Down Victim Support; Northern Ireland Probation Service; South Eastern Education and Library Board; Supporting Communities Northern Ireland; North Down District Policing Partnership; Bangor and Holywood Clergy Fellowship; South Eastern and Social Care Trust and Elected Representatives from North Down borough council (four UUP, four DUP, four Alliance and one Independent).
	Details of the organisations in North Down which have received funding from the Partnership over the last three years along with how much each received is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  £ 
			   Funding  
			  Organisation  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09  Total 
			 North Down Women's Aid 8,270 4,120 11,000 23,390 
			 North Down Community Network 23,391 13,250 16,886 53,527 
			 North Down Age Concern 6,200 12,700 21,125 40,025 
			 North Down PSNI 7,900 4,750 0 12,650 
			 Bangor and Holywood Town Centre Management 16,800 12,830 19,280 48,910 
			 Comber Drugs Awareness Programme 2,500 £2,500 0 £5,000 
			 Fountain Drug and Alcohol Programme 0 £26,000 0 £26,000 
			 Bangor and Holywood Clergy Fellowship 0 £7,000 £8,359 £15,359 
			 Bloomfield Community Association 0 1,490 0 1,490 
			 Breezemount Community Association 0 1,207 0 1,207 
			 Holywood Family Trust 0 980 0 980 
			 Whitehill Community Association 0 1,400 0 1,400 
			 Trinity Presbyterian Church 0 1,460 0 1,460 
			 Kings Fellowship 0 1,426 0 1,426 
			 Total 65,061 91,113 76,650 232,824

Departmental Reviews

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many  (a) review and  (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement.

Paul Goggins: Summary information on taskforces and other standing bodies is available in the annual Cabinet Office publication, 'Public Bodies'. Copies of 'Public Bodies 2008' are available in the Libraries of the House. Detailed information on ad hoc advisory bodies is published in the annual Northern Ireland Office Departmental Report and also on the Departmental website:
	www.nio.gov.uk
	Information about reviews commissioned since the Department's creation is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Security

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many breaches of security have been reported at  (a) the Compensation Agency,  (b) the Forensic Science Northern Ireland,  (c) the Northern Ireland Prison Service and  (d) the Youth Justice Agency in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

Shaun Woodward: In the period specified, there were five security breaches in the Northern Ireland Prison Service, three in the Forensic Science Agency and one in the Youth Justice Agency. There were no reported security breaches in the Compensation Agency.
	When a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data, the agencies follow the Northern Ireland Office Incident Response Policy.

Economic and Monetary Union

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

Paul Goggins: Euro Ministers are responsible for euro preparations in their Department and attend Euro Ministers Steering Group meetings. Meetings are held only when necessary to discuss practical preparations to ensure a smooth changeover.

Mortgages

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate his Department has made of the number of homeowners in Northern Ireland who are in negative equity.

Paul Goggins: The Government do not hold this information. Such estimates may be available from commercial lenders or their representative bodies.

Climate Change

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross  (a) costs and  (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years.

Gillian Merron: It is not currently possible to provide estimates of the potential costs and savings over the next three years. The Government are undertaking a Climate Change Risk Assessment and Economic Analysis, which will provide estimates of the costs and benefits of adaptation to the UK. This analysis will be presented to Parliament within three years of the Climate Change Act coming in to force.

Hezbollah

Louise Ellman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Government's decision to explore contacts with the political wing of Hezbollah on Hezbollah's  (a) actions,  (b) policies and  (c) structure.

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of his Department's performance in encouraging Hezbollah to renounce violence and play a constructive, democratic and peaceful role in Lebanon and the wider region.

Bill Rammell: On 9 January 2009 our ambassador in Beirut attended a meeting of British parliamentarians with the Lebanese Foreign Affairs Committee. Representatives of all members of the National Unity Government were present, including one MP from Hezbollah's political wing, Ali Amar. During this meeting the ambassador urged all sides to show restraint during the crisis in Gaza, and on the importance of all sides respecting the terms of UN Security Council resolution 1701. In the course of normal diplomatic business, staff at our embassy in Beirut have also met Hezbollah politicians on a number of occasions. However, there have been no official meetings since 9 January.
	We continue to believe that occasional and carefully considered contacts with Hezbollah's politicians, including its MPs, will best advance our objective of urging Hezbollah to reject violence and play a constructive, democratic and peaceful role in Lebanese politics, in line with UN Security Council Resolutions.

North Korea: Nuclear Power

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on whether the plutonium production reactor at Yonbyong in North Korea was based on the published blueprints of the first generation Magnox reactors developed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority; what recent discussions he has had with the International Atomic Energy Agency on that reactor; and what representations he has made to the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on its announcement on the testing of a nuclear device.

Bill Rammell: We do not know whether the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has drawn on plans of British reactors in the production of its own reactors. The reactor at Yongbyon, while much smaller, has generic similarities to certain UK Magnox reactors, design information for which has been in the public domain for over 30 years.
	The International Atomic Energy Authority provides regular reports to its board of governors, of which we are a member, on its activities in the DPRK. In addition to public statements from my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, I expressed the Government's strong condemnation of the nuclear test to the DPRK ambassador to London on 25 May 2009 and again on 1 June 2009. Our ambassador in Pyongyang made representations in DPRK to the Director Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 2 June 2009 to reiterate our concerns. We are working with partners at the UN Security Council to deliver a strong response to the test.

Republic of Ireland: Treaty of Lisbon

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the EU has spent on providing information in Ireland on the Treaty of Lisbon; and if he will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: I am not aware of how much the EU has spent on providing information in Ireland specifically on the treaty of Lisbon. I understand that the European Commission will provide €1.8 million for 2009 and 2010 to improve the provision of public information on the EU in Ireland. Similar arrangements exist in other EU member states. Communications activities will cover a large variety of European policy areas. For 2009, the priorities are the European Parliament elections, energy and climate change, 20th anniversary of the democratic changes in Central and Eastern Europe and Europe's response to the financial crisis and economic slowdown.
	Further information can be found on the European Commission's website at:
	http://ec.europa.eu/ireland/press_office/news_of_the_day/public-info-contr_en.htm

Armed Forces: Foreigners

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of personnel in each regiment of the Army were Commonwealth soldiers at the latest date for which figures are available.

Kevan Jones: Personnel data by regiment are not held in the format requested. However, the following Army figures provided are available.
	
		
			 Trained Regular Army Commonwealth Officers and Soldiers as at 1 April 2009 
			  Army/ Service  Number( 1)  of personnel with a Commonwealth nationality  Percentage of personnel with a Commonwealth nationality 
			 Total 6,380 6.8 
			 Staff 0 0 
			 HCAV/RAC 250 4.5 
			 RA 635 8.8 
			 RE 375 4.2 
			 R SIGNALS 180 2.3 
			 INF 1,725 7.4 
			 AAC 100 4.8 
			 RAChD * * 
			 RLC 1,995 13.5 
			 RAMC 230 78 
			 REME 340 3.6 
			 AGC (RMP) 20 1.2 
			 AGC (SPS) 335 9.6 
			 AGC (MPS) * * 
			 AGC(ETS) 5 2.0 
			 AGC(ALS) * * 
			 AGC (Unknown) 5 12.8 
			 RAVC 5 2.4 
			 SASC 0 0 
			 RADC 55 14.4 
			 INT CORPS * * 
			 APTC * * 
			 QARANC 95 11.7 
			 CAMus 10 1.5 
			 GSC 0 0 
			 LSL * * 
			 No Value 0 0 
			 (1) denotes provisional. Due to the ongoing validation of data on the Joint Personnel Administration System all Army data from 1 April 2007 are provisional and subject to review.  Notes: 1. Percentages have been calculated using a denominator that includes all trained regular strength with a known nationality. It therefore excludes FTRS and Gurkhas but includes those individuals who have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP. 2. Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10 for presentation purposes. 3. Data have been rounded to the nearest 5 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality 4. Data less than 5 have been suppressed and replaced with '*'. 5. Totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.

Defence: Finance

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the estimate in the 2006 Defence White Paper that running costs of the proposed future deterrent would represent five to six per cent. of the defence budget included the costs of  (a) conventional forces supporting the deterrent and  (b) decommissioning replacement submarines.

Bob Ainsworth: The estimate of the running costs contained within the White Paper does not include an allocation for those occasions when conventional forces are used to support the deterrent but does include the initial decommissioning costs for the replacement submarines.

Ex-servicemen: Mental Health

Madeleine Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2009,  Official Report, columns 1277-78W, on ex-servicemen: mental health, what support his Department has provided for the community mental health pilot projects for veterans; and if he will make a statement.

Kevan Jones: It has been the policy of successive governments that the NHS should be the main provider of treatment for veterans. The NHS is therefore taking the lead for the six Community Mental Health pilots; the MOD has provided the start up costs for the six pilot sites and will meet the costs of the evaluation, £0.5 million. Veterans are also designated as a Special Interest Group (SIG) in the Department of Health's £173 million Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme. In addition, to assist those veterans not in the catchment areas of one of the pilots, we have expanded our Medical Assessment Programme (MAP) based at St. Thomas' hospital, London, to include assessment of veterans with mental health symptoms with operational service since 1982.

Met Office: Floods

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations contained in the Pitt Report on flooding regarding the Met Office's forecasting and flood prediction methodology; what research he has commissioned to support such implementation; and when he expects such research to be completed.

Kevan Jones: Noting the key role it plays in flood risk management, the Met Office is committed to improving its forecasting capability to meet the needs of emergency responders. Following a major investment in supercomputing it is already exploiting a new, highly detailed, forecast model that provides significantly improved support for the issue of flood related warnings. Building on this capability, in line with recommendation 3 of the Pitt review, the Met Office has developed a detailed research plan and started work which will further enhance its ability to forecast local-scale heavy rainfall events and further increase the amount of warning it is able to give to responders for such events. This research programme is due to be completed by summer 2012 in line with the timetable outlined by the Government in response to the Pitt Review, although some benefits will be realised before this.

Trident

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will ensure that initial gate decisions on the Trident replacement programme are not announced during the 2009 summer adjournment.

Bob Ainsworth: It is not normal for Parliament to be involved in Initial Gate decisions for procurement projects. I do however propose to update Parliament on progress following the Initial Gate decision.
	The main investment decision point, and the point at which we would issue the main contracts to industry for the construction of the new submarines, is still several years away.

Driving Tests: Motorcycles

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the average forward booking time for Module  (a) 1 and  (b) 2 of the new motorcycle test.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The latest forward booking times, in weeks, for the practical motorcycling test (modules one and two) are:
	
		
			  Forward booking date at:  Module one  Module two 
			 4 May 2009 2 2 
			 11 May 2009 3 3 
			 18 May 2009 4 3 
			 25 May 2009 3 2 
			 1 June 2009 3 2 
			 Average 3 2.4

Driving Tests: Motorcycles

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the merits of using or adapting existing testing facilities to deliver both modules of the new motorcycle test until additional multi-purpose test centres are available.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Utilising existing testing facilities was considered as part of the Driving. Standards Agency's development of options for implementing the new motorcycling test.
	The more demanding manoeuvres required and assessed in Module 1 need to be conducted off the public highway for road safety purposes. None of the existing test centres had the necessary facilities to offer off-road manoeuvring areas.
	Where suitable existing test centres are available they are used to deliver Module 2 of the new practical motorcycle test which is delivered on public roads.

Lorries

Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many heavy goods vehicle drivers with  (a) UK and  (b) non-UK driving licences drove heavy goods vehicles on UK roads in the latest period for which figures are available.

Jim Fitzpatrick: This information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Driving Offences: Training

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of persons  (a) committing traffic offences and  (b) involved in road traffic accidents have been offered driver rectification courses as an alternative to prosecution in each police authority area in each of the last three years.

Alan Campbell: The information requested is not available.
	Data reported to the Home Office on police action relating to motoring offences does not include information on driver rectification courses offered to offenders as an alternative to prosecution.

Theft: Fixed Penalties

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will issue guidance to police forces on the distinction between  (a) opportunistic and  (b) planned theft in the administering of fixed penalty notices.

Jack Straw: I have been asked to reply.
	The Government issues operational guidance on the issuing of penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) to police forces under section 6 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. This guidance sets out the criteria which should be considered by police officers and makes clear that PNDs should not be issued where the offence is too serious and/or it involves aggravating factors, for example, where a theft has been planned.
	Following representations from the hon. Lady and retail trades, the guidance covering shoplifting is being revised to clarify further the type of theft offence for which a penalty notice may be suitable. The new guidance will be issued shortly. However, police officers are accustomed to distinguishing different circumstances in which offences are committed, and no specific guidance will be offered on distinguishing between opportunistic and planned theft.
	We are also considering the use of PNDs for retail theft and will report our conclusions to the House shortly.

Carbon Sequestration

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 
	(1)  what risk descriptions are listed in the carbon capture and storage demonstration procurement project risk register;
	(2)  which Government departments contributed to the carbon capture and storage demonstration procurement project risk register;
	(3)  what level of  (a) inherent and  (b) residual risk has been assigned to each risk in the risk register for the carbon capture and storage demonstration project; and what steps (i) have been taken and (ii) are planned to be taken to mitigate each risk.

Mike O'Brien: The Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration Project team maintains a register of the risks to the competition. In the register, the Department records risks and associated mitigating factors openly and honestly, and away from the gaze of the bidders. The release of this information would not be in the public interest because it might have an inhibiting effect on the frankness and candour of the risk assessments or on the assessment of likelihood and impact of risks, and its release would also prejudice the Department's commercial interests, in particular, the Department's bargaining position and its ability to negotiate a competitive deal with the bidders.
	The risk register was originally created by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) but responsibility for it transferred to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) following its creation in October 2008. HM Treasury and Department for Transport indirectly contribute to the risk register through normal project governance. No other Government Departments have contributed to the risk register.

Carbon Sequestration

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the minimum requirement of net electricity output will be from carbon capture and storage demonstration plants under the demonstration project.

Mike O'Brien: For the demonstration project announced in November 2007, we set out in the Project Information Memorandum the expectation that CCS technologies would be demonstrated on the flue gases of 300-400MW electrical output. The minimum requirement of net electrical output for this project will be confirmed in the Invitation to Negotiate to be issued to Bidders.
	We will shortly be consulting on proposals for additional demonstration projects and have already set out our intention to consult on a proposed 300MW net electrical output minimum requirement. The minimum requirement will be confirmed after the consultation has been completed.

Departmental Pay

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to  (a) all staff and  (b) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made.

Mike O'Brien: The Department has yet to determine the end-of-year performance bonuses for all staff including senior civil service staff for the year 2008-09.

Energy: Meters

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will bring forward legislative proposals to restrict to a minimum the cost to consumers of the introduction of smart meters.

Mike O'Brien: The Government published a consultation on smart metering for electricity and gas on 11 May 2009 (available on the open consultations section of the DECC website). The consultation document includes discussion of the programme of work that will be needed to prepare for the roll out of smart meters. There will be a substantial programme to complete, including consideration of the most appropriate regulatory framework.

Fuel Poverty: North West

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what trends in energy prices he forecasts for the forthcoming winter; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect of those trends on fuel poverty levels in  (a) the North West and  (b) the UK.

Mike O'Brien: DECC do not publish projections of energy prices. Ofgem have recently published their second quarterly report which provides greater transparency regarding the relationship between wholesale prices and retail energy prices.
	This can be found at:
	http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Pages/MoreInformation. aspx?docid=98&refer=Markets/RetMkts/ensuppro

Low Carbon Buildings Programme

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many  (a) solar photovoltaic (PV) and  (b) other projects have been completed under the Low Carbon Buildings programme Phase 2; how many solar PV projects are awaiting funding approval; and if he will make a statement.

Mike O'Brien: holding answer 8 May 2009
	Under Phase 2 of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme the number of  (a) solar photovoltaic (PV) and  (b) other projects have been completed are shown in the following table. To date £27.3 million has been committed to solar photovoltaic projects and 155 projects are awaiting approval, which should bring the total commitment to £31.5 million. A further 150 solar photovoltaic projects will be held on a waiting list.
	
		
			  Technology type  Committed payment to projects  Number of projects paid 
			 Solar photovoltaic 1,212 467 
			 Solar thermal hot water 401 93 
			 Wind turbines 171 41 
			 Ground source heat pumps 213 56 
			 Automated wood pellet stoves 0 0 
			 Wood fuelled boiler systems 30 13 
			 Total 2,027 670

Plutonium

Joan Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will provide funding for travel and accommodation for stakeholders to attend the meeting on civil plutonium policy being held at Manchester Airport on 21 May 2009.

Mike O'Brien: No.

Renewable Energy: River Severn

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much has been spent from the public purse since 1980 on projects to provide renewable energy from the River Severn.

Mike O'Brien: —The Government's current feasibility study has cost approximately £3 million since 2008. A study by the Sustainable Development Commission in 2007 (which covered all UK tidal power) received £400,000 of public funding. A report by Sir Robert McAlpine Limited in 2002 received £50,000 funding, and approximately £2.8 million was spent on a major study in 1987.
	Severn tidal power has also been addressed at other times over the period as part of the wider assessment of UK marine energy potential. However there would be a disproportionate cost involved in obtaining accurate figures for spending related to energy from the Severn.

Solar Power: Finance

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the merits of increasing the level of the subsidy available to homeowners for the installation of solar panels at their properties.

Mike O'Brien: An additional £45 million was announced in the Budget on 22 April 2009 for the Low Carbon Buildings Programme. This funding provides additional support of £10 million to households applying under phase 1 of the scheme.
	We are considering the case on whether there is merit to increase the grant levels for the installation of solar panels. A decision will be made shortly.

Wind Power: South Downs

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions his Department has had with the management of Vesta plants in Southampton and the Isle of Wight on proposals for the building of wind turbines in the South Downs National Park.

Mike O'Brien: There have been no discussions between my Department and the management of Vestas on the issue of wind turbines in South Downs National Park.

Wind Power: South Downs

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make an estimate of likely levels of retention of the skilled workforce at the Vesta turbine plants in Southampton and on the Isle of Wight in the next five years.

Mike O'Brien: The Department does not hold this information. It is a matter for the Vestas.

Departmental Manpower

David Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many officials work in his Department's Young People's Directorate; and how many officials in that Directorate work for the  (a) Young People's Participation and Attainment,  (b) Young People: Qualifications and Strategy Reform and  (c) Apprenticeships division.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: As of 31 May 2009, 327 officials work in the Department's Young People Directorate (YPD):
	That figure includes staff working for the following Groups:
	Young People's Participation and Attainment Group: 71
	Young People: Qualification Strategy and Reform Group: 90
	Apprenticeships Group: 15
	These figures include 23 officials in the Joint Youth Justice Unit, which reports jointly to Young People Directorate in the Department for Children, Schools and Families, and Criminal Justice Group in the Ministry of Justice. The figure for Apprenticeships Group includes 13 officials working in the Joint Apprenticeship Unit, which reports to both DCSF and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS).

Community Care: Elderly

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the forthcoming Social Care Green Paper will contain proposals to assist older people to live independently at home through housing adaptations.

Phil Hope: The Government recognise the importance of a diverse range of housing support being available and that this helps people live independently within their own homes.
	The forthcoming "care and support" Green Paper will lay out a series of options around reforming the care and support system, to ensure that care is high quality and cost-effective; that people have choice and control over the care they receive and that the funding system is fair, sustainable, and affordable for individuals and the state. The detail of the Green Paper will be revealed when it is published later this month.

Lyme Disease

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what recent advice on Lyme disease his Department has received from the National Expert Panel on New and Emerging Infections; and at what date such advice was received;
	(2)  what recent advice on Lyme disease his Department has received from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens; and at what date such advice was received.

Ann Keen: The National Expert Panel for New and Emerging Infections (NEPNEI) concluded, in November 2004, that Lyme disease was the most significant public health vector-borne disease in the United Kingdom. The Panel considered incidence and detection of disease in the UK and modes of transmission.
	In 2006, the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, asked Professor Brian Duerden, the Inspector of Microbiology and an assessor member of both NEPNEI and the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP), to conduct an investigation into the use of unvalidated tests in the diagnosis of Lyme disease. His report "The use of unorthodox and unvalidated laboratory tests in the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis and in relation to medically unexplained symptoms", has been placed in the Library.
	Since then, the Department has received regular advice on Lyme disease from Professor Duerden, the latest of which was in February 2009, confirming that the current guidance for clinicians on the detection, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease as published by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) is entirely appropriate for the management of Lyme disease in the UK. Advice was also received confirming that only validated tests that conform to the internationally agreed criteria for the diagnosis of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent for Lyme disease, should be used for the diagnosis of Lyme disease. This advice is consistent with that on the HPA's website.
	The HPA is also represented on both NEPNEI and ACDP.

Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dedicated in-patient beds for mental health patients there are in each NHS primary care trust area in England.

Phil Hope: We do not collect the exact data requested centrally. However, the following table shows mental health inpatient beds in each provider trust, a number of which will be primary care trusts.
	
		
			  Average daily number of beds by ward classification mental illness, NHS organisations in England, 2007-08 
			   Org ID  Name  Total 
			 2007-08  England 26,406 
			 
			 2007-08 RR7 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust 76 
			 2007-08 RX4 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust 993 
			 2007-08 RTF Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 74 
			 2007-08 RX3 Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust 809 
			 2007-08 RTV 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust 347 
			 2007-08 RXV Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust 619 
			 2007-08 RXA Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust 329 
			 2007-08 RW5 Lancashire Care NHS Trust 810 
			 2007-08 TAE Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust 292 
			 2007-08 RW4 Mersey Care NHS Trust 444 
			 2007-08 RNN North Cumbria Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Trust 190 
			 2007-08 RT2 Pennine Care NHS Trust 510 
			 2007-08 5JE Barnsley PCT 78 
			 2007-08 TAD Bradford District Care Trust 279 
			 2007-08 RXE Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust 332 
			 2007-08 RV9 Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust 203 
			 2007-08 RGD Leeds Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust 345 
			 2007-08 TAN North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus 34 
			 2007-08 5EF North Lincolnshire PCT 55 
			 2007-08 5NV North Yorkshire and York PCT 303 
			 2007-08 TAH Sheffield Care Trust 273 
			 2007-08 RXG South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust 417 
			 2007-08 RXM Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust 346 
			 2007-08 RT5 Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust 434 
			 2007-08 RP7 Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust 221 
			 2007-08 RP1 Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust 238 
			 2007-08 RHA Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 1,079 
			 2007-08 RXT Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust 797 
			 2007-08 RYG Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust 345 
			 2007-08 5PE Dudley PCT 127 
			 2007-08 5CN Herefordshire PCT 76 
			 2007-08 RLY North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust 245 
			 2007-08 TAJ Sandwell Mental Health NHS and Social Care Trust 150 
			 2007-08 RRE South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 422 
			 2007-08 5M3 Walsall Teaching PCT 118 
			 2007-08 5MV Wolverhampton City PCT 76 
			 2007-08 RWQ Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust 202 
			 2007-08 RV7 Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust 257 
			 2007-08 RT1 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust 319 
			 2007-08 RWR Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust 444 
			 2007-08 RMY Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust 453 
			 2007-08 RRD North Essex Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust 387 
			 2007-08 RWN South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 511 
			 2007-08 RT6 Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust 202 
			 2007-08 RRP Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust 619 
			 2007-08 TAF Camden and Islington Mental Health And Social Care Trust 377 
			 2007-08 RV3 Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust 734 
			 2007-08 RWK East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust 655 
			 2007-08 RAT North East London Mental Health NHS Trust 416 
			 2007-08 RPG Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 484 
			 2007-08 RV5 South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 1,084 
			 2007-08 RQY South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust 706 
			 2007-08 RRV University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 10 
			 2007-08 RKL West London Mental Health NHS Trust 596 
			 2007-08 RXY Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust 602 
			 2007-08 RXX Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust 432 
			 2007-08 RX2 Sussex Partnership NHS Trust 701 
			 2007-08 RWX Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 245 
			 2007-08 RW1 Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust 577 
			 2007-08 5QT Isle of Wight NHS PCT 70 
			 2007-08 5CQ Milton Keynes PCT 64 
			 2007-08 RNU Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust 430 
			 2007-08 5FE Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 159 
			 2007-08 RVN Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust 729 
			 2007-08 RJ8 Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust 162 
			 2007-08 RWV Devon Partnership NHS Trust 341 
			 2007-08 5QQ Devon PCT 15 
			 2007-08 RDY Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust 290 
			 2007-08 5QM Dorset PCT 123 
			 2007-08 RTQ Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust 184 
			 2007-08 RVJ North Bristol NHS Trust 20 
			 2007-08 5F1 Plymouth Teaching PCT 117 
			 2007-08 RH5 Somerset Partnership NHS and Social Care Trust 205 
			  Source: The Department of Health form KH03

Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what gold reserves the Government holds.

Ian Pearson: This information can be found at:
	http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/reserves/Tempoutput.pdf

Departmental Publications

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  how many editions of her Department's We Can publication have been produced; to whom her Department distributes that publication; and how many copies have been distributed in each of the last four quarters;
	(2)  how many staff were employed to produce her Department's We Can publication; what the job title is of each such member of staff; and how much has been spent on staff salaries for those staff in each of the last three years;
	(3)  how many copies of each edition of her Department's We Can publication have been printed; and what the cost of  (a) publishing and  (b) printing the publication has been in each of the last three years;
	(4)  what budget has been allocated to her Department's Local Democracy and Participation Directorate for production of the We Can document in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.

Sadiq Khan: In the last four quarters we have produced three editions of WeCan! The publication is distributed to 1,350 subscribers comprising local authorities (county, district and parish levels), third sector and voluntary organisations, Government Departments, housing, police and health organisations and tenant associations, think tanks, charities, minority representative groups, university departments, NHS trusts and community groups. In each quarter 1,350 print copies were distributed to subscribers with the remainder provided for internal staff, partner organisations and for distribution at conferences and events.
	There is no dedicated member of staff working on the WeCan! publication, it is part of one person's wider job remit.
	In 2006-07 three editions were produced and 2,000 copies were printed per edition. In 2007-08 two editions were produced and 3,000 copies were printed for each edition and in 2008-09 three editions were produced and 3,000 copies were printed for each edition. The total publishing and printing costs for these were £21,000 in 2006-07, £17,000 in 2007-08 and £38,000 in 2008-09.
	The funding for meeting these costs were allocated to the local democracy and participation directorate for the production of the WeCan! publication in each of the last three years.

Departmental Security

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many breaches of security have been reported at  (a) the Fire Service College,  (b) Ordnance Survey,  (c) the Planning Inspectorate and  (d) the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

Sadiq Khan: In the last five years there have been eight breaches of security. These are:
	
		
			   Security breaches 
			 Fire Service College 6 
			 Ordnance Survey 2 
			 Planning Inspectorate 0 
			 QE2 conference centre 0 
		
	
	The Department and its agencies report all significant personal data security breaches to the Cabinet Office and the ICO. Information on personal data security breaches are published on an annual basis in the Department's annual resources accounts as was announced in the data handling review published on 25 June 2008.
	Additionally, all significant control weaknesses including other significant security breaches are included in the statement of internal control which is published within the annual resource accounts.

Eco-Towns: Publicity

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 8 May 2009,  Official Report, columns 442-3W, on eco-towns: publicity, what the cost to the public purse was of work undertaken by each of the four marketing agencies; and what work each such agency undertook in relation to eco-towns for her Department.

Sadiq Khan: The cost and work of the four agencies referred to by the hon. Member is as follows:
	
		
			  Company  Work commissioned  Cost (£) 
			 Redhouse Lane Design work 49,996 
			 Skyline Whitespace Exhibitions 7,870 
			 Transmedia Website transcription 200 
			 Louise Burston Photography 1,006

Housing: Low Incomes

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new tenancies were initiated under the Rent to Homebuy scheme in 2008-09; and how many have been initiated in 2009-10 to date.

John Healey: Data on the number of new tenancies initiated under the Rent to HomeBuy scheme are not held centrally.
	Under Rent to HomeBuy prospective purchasers rent a home for up to five years with the opportunity to buy on shared ownership terms during or at the end of this period.
	When the tenant subsequently buys an initial share in due course, this information will be recorded on CORE (continuous recording) sales returns from registered social landlords to the Tenant Services Authority

Mortgages: Government Assistance

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many information leaflets have been produced for the  (a) Homeowner Mortgage Support and  (b) Mortgage Rescue Scheme; and how much has been spent on producing such leaflets.

John Healey: Consumer information leaflets for the Mortgage Rescue Scheme and Homeowners Mortgage Support have been designed and produced at a cost of £9,000 for both leaflets. Hard copies are provided in response to requests from delivery partners and the Homeowners Mortgage Support leaflet is available to interested households and delivery partners electronically.

Official Hospitality

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 7 May 2009,  Official Report, column 397W, on official hospitality, 
	(1)  if she will make it her policy to publish declarations of  (a) interest and  (b) gifts and hospitality made by her Department's special advisers;
	(2)  what financial thresholds trigger requirements for her Department's special advisers to make a declaration of  (a) interest and  (b) gifts and hospitality.

Sadiq Khan: Civil servants may not accept gifts, other than in very limited circumstances. Where a gift is accepted, departmental procedures require that details of all gifts, other than items such as diaries, calendars or other small items of modest value bearing a company's name or insignia, must be declared in writing.
	All hospitality received by staff, with the exception of light refreshments and meals provided in the course of normal departmental business must also be declared in writing. Government publishes information on hospitality received by departmental board members. A copy of the published board hospitality report can be found in the Library of the House, and on the Cabinet Office website at:
	www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/propriety_and_ethics/publications.aspx
	In accordance with the requirements of the Civil Service Management Code, civil servants, including special advisers, must declare any business interests which they would be able to further as a result of their official position.

Burma: Overseas Aid

Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what consideration the Government has given to further measures to deliver aid to the Irrawaddy Delta region of Burma following Cyclone Nargis.

Michael Foster: In March the UK Government committed an additional £20 million to Burma over two years, increasing the Department for International Development's aid programme to £25 million in 2009-10 and £28 million in 2010-11. Approximately 60 per cent. of this additional funding will be allocated to further relief following Cyclone Nargis. No UK aid is delivered though the Government of Burma.

Departmental Recruitment

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department paid to  (a) recruitment agencies and  (b) recruitment consultants in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available.

Michael Foster: The Department for International Development only uses recruitment agencies to provide temporary staff. Since 2005 we have predominantly used three agencies.
	The following table shows the total costs paid in the last three financial years to the three suppliers.
	
		
			  Financial year  Total amount paid  (£) 
			 2005-06 1,226,530 
			 2006-07 1,113,890 
			 2007-08 (1)857,156 
			 (1) This total includes executive agency costs in the support of the recruitment of DFID's Permanent Secretary and two Non-Executive Directors. 
		
	
	Individual Departments within DFID also have delegated authority to appoint professional and specialist staff from specialist suppliers and recruitment consultants, but details of this expenditure are not held centrally.
	In accordance with the civil service recruitment code, all DFID permanent appointments are made on merit and on the basis of fair and open competition.

Palestinians: International Assistance

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which UN humanitarian aid can be delivered to Gaza without hindrance.

Michael Foster: Although the Israeli Government announced on 25 March that all humanitarian food items would be allowed into Gaza, this has not yet been implemented. Inconsistent clearance criteria and thorough checks at crossings continue to cause delays.
	The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to be of serious concern. The UK Government monitor UN reporting closely and consistently lobby for unrestricted access for food and other humanitarian supplies into Gaza. We are funding the UN Logistics Cluster and the UN Access Support Team to help UN agencies and NGOs get aid into Gaza. The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) provides up to date reports on the humanitarian situation in the OPTs, including on delivery of aid into Gaza. These are available on its website:
	http://www.ochaopt.org/

Palestinians: International Assistance

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of levels of access to Gaza for humanitarian aid and reconstruction material; and if he will make a statement.

Michael Foster: The United Nations (UN) has recently reported that the difficulty in importing concrete and construction materials continues to hinder efforts to rebuild homes and essential infrastructure destroyed during the conflict. Meaningful reconstruction will not be possible while restrictions remain in place. The UN estimate the lack of spare parts for public infrastructure and industrial equipment, along with restrictions on the entry of cash and fuel, is preventing the implementation of almost all planned early recovery activities. They also report that procedures for approved humanitarian items into Gaza remain subject to unclear and often inconsistent criteria. The UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) makes regular reports of the humanitarian situation in Gaza available on its website:
	http://www.ochaopt.org/

Zimbabwe: Politics and Government

Philip Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in respect of Zimbabwean refugees living in Zimbabwe and neighbouring countries.

Ivan Lewis: Zimbabwe's social and economic decline has forced many Zimbabweans to leave the country during the last few years. The vast majority of those leaving do so by irregular means and do not request refugee status. They are viewed by neighbouring governments as illegal economic migrants and run the risk of deportation. It is therefore difficult to assess their numbers or provide assistance. Since 2000, oppressive policies and post-election violence have also seen hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans forcibly displaced within the country. However the Government of Zimbabwe denies the existence of internally displaced people and has thus refused a comprehensive national assessment of their numbers and needs.
	In Zimbabwe, the Department for International Development (DFID) is the second largest donor to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), providing £5 million to deliver humanitarian assistance to 250,000 Zimbabwean deportees from South Africa and 30,000 from Botswana, at key border crossing points, as well as over 240,000 victims of forced internal displacement. The UK also provides further support to Zimbabwean migrants, including street children, in Zambia and South Africa. DFID will provide around £49 million of humanitarian and other essential support to the people of Zimbabwe this financial year, none of which goes through the Government of Zimbabwe.

Cabinet: Glasgow

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Minister of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills how many  (a) special advisers and  (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009.

Si�n Simon: The information is as follows:
	  (a) No special advisers accompanied the Secretary of State or Lord Drayson to Glasgow when they attended the Cabinet meeting there on 16 April 2009.
	  (b) One official accompanied each Minister on their visit to Scotland to attend Cabinet in Glasgow on 16 April 2009making two Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills officials in total.
	For information relating to the Cabinet and public engagement event held in Glasgow on 16 April I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on Wednesday 3 June 2009,  Official Report, column 487W.

Departmental Contracts

Mark Hoban: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many contracts his Department has held with  (a) UBS,  (b) Barclays Capital,  (c) Goldman Sachs,  (d) Morgan Stanley,  (e) Credit Suisse,  (f) Merrill Lynch and  (g) Lehman Brothers in the financial year 2008-09; what the monetary value was of each such contract; and for what purposes each contract was awarded.

Patrick McFadden: The Shareholder Executive engaged UBS on 3 separate assignmentsthe sale of British Energy, the sale of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's sites and to advise the Shareholder Executive on the process for finding suitable partners for Royal Mail. These assignments were covered by two separate contracts, the values of which are commercially confidential on an individual basis but with the total value up to  15 million depending on success factors.
	The Department also spent 135,175 with Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd in financial year 2008-09. These relate to salary costs for the secondment of Philip Remnant as Chairman of the Shareholder Executive.
	The Department does not currently have any contracts with Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers and has not made any payments to them in 2008-09.

Export Credit Guarantees

Adrian Bailey: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction or removal of trade credit insurance on the exports of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 13 May 2009
	The Government are aware of the problems that some businesses are facing in getting access to short-term export finance. ECGD is consulting on a new facility to support UK exporters by sharing risk with banks that confirm letters of credit for UK exporters. ECGD is also considering other potential interventions in the short-term market.

Newsagents: Closures

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions the Secretary of State has had with Ministerial colleagues on the effect of closures of local newsagents on local communities.

Ian Pearson: My noble Friend the Secretary of State and BIS Ministers meet regularly and discuss a wide range of issues.

Climate Change

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years.

Michael Wills: All Departments are actively involved in the cross-Government Adapting to Climate Change Programme, which aims to help society adapt to climate change. The role of the programme is to develop and provide a comprehensive evidence base including adaptation tools, to raise awareness of the need to adapt, to measure success and to work across Government at all levels to embed adaptation. Further details about the programme's work can be found at:
	www.defra.gov/adaptation
	The steps the Ministry of Justice has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years are publicised on the DEFRA website:
	http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/adapt/programme/moj.htm

Climate Change

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross  (a) costs and  (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years.

Michael Wills: The Ministry of Justice is not yet at the stage where it can provide information on what estimate has been made of potential gross costs  (a) savings and  (b) arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years.
	It has, however, been shown in the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change that timely and well-targeted climate adaptation measures will yield benefits in excess of their costs. The main rationale for investment to address climate risk will be to reduce the UK's vulnerability to longer-term climate change impacts.
	The Government are undertaking a Climate Change Risk Assessment and Economic Analysis, which will provide estimates of the costs and benefits of adaptation to the UK. This analysis will be presented to Parliament within three years of the Climate Change Act coming in to force.

National Offender Management Service

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure his Department has incurred on the National Offender Management Service in each year since the service was established.

Jack Straw: The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) became part of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) when it was formed in May 2007. Before then it was part of the Home Office.
	The NOMS Agency unaudited resource and capital expenditure outturn for the financial year 2009-09 is: Resource 4,452 million and capital 550 million. The final audited figures will be included in the MOJ annual departmental report and accounts that will be published in due course.
	The agency's predecessor was announced in January 2004. The resource and capital expenditure outturn figures for each financial year are shown as follows.
	
		
			   million 
			  Financial  y ear  Resource  Capital 
			 2007-08 4,722 577 
			 2006-07 4,358 400 
			 2005-06 4,034 354 
			 2004-05 3,680 403 
		
	
	Figures for 2004-05 to 2006-07 have been taken from the Ministry of Justice departmental report 2007-08. Figures for 2007-08 have been taken from the Ministry of Justice annual accounts 2007-08.
	The figures for 2008-09 will not be directly comparable with those for previous years as a result of the reorganisation of the service and the establishment of the new NOMS Agency, and the transfer of strategic functions to the newly formed Criminal Justice Group in the MOJ, from April 2008.

Prison Accommodation

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2009,  Official Report, columns 80-81W, on prison accommodation, if he will publish  (a) the original list of sites provided by the Ministry of Defence in 2006,  (b) the refined list produced by the National Offender Management Service and  (c) a list of the sites which were subsequently visited and assessed in further detail.

Jack Straw: The following shows the list of sites included on the Ministry of Defence (MOD) disposal list, issued in March 2006(1). A number of options relating to sites under consideration for disposal by the MOD but not included on the disposals lists were also discussed.
	A short list of former military sites with potential for prison development was subsequently identified. This included 18 sites on the March 2006 MOD disposal list, indicated in the table, as well as Chelsea Barracks, RAF West Drayton, Rowcroft Barracks and RAF Coltishall.
	DCSA Inskip, Preston(2)
	RAF Church Fenton, Tadcaster(2)
	Uniter Rawcliffe, Goole
	ATE Caerwent
	Croughton highway land, Brackley
	RAF Stoke Holy Cross, Poringland
	RAF Syerston(2)
	RAF Watton(2)
	TAC Worcester(2)
	RAF Kinloss
	Peterhead SFA
	Vauxhall Barracks, Didcot(2)
	Upnor Bridging Hard, Frindsbury
	Kent Volunteer Estate, Maidstone
	Wandsworth Volunteer Estate, Balham
	Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot
	Aldershot Garrison(2)
	Browning Barracks, Aldershot
	Normandy Barracks Montgomery Lines, Aldershot
	Invicta Park Barracks, Maidstone
	RAF High Wycombe(2)
	Parsons Barracks, Aldershot
	Thornhill Barracks, Aldershot
	Ordnance Barracks, Aldershot
	HMS Daedalus, Gosport and Fareham(2)
	RNMT Portsmouth
	DMC Plymouth
	HMS Nelson, Portsmouth
	DMC Bullpoint, Plymouth
	Commando Training Centre, Honiton
	Bovington Camp, Wareham
	RAF Lyneham
	Wyke Regis Training Area, Weymouth
	GPSS Goostrey, Holmes Chapel
	()Anzio Barracks, Leek(2)
	HMS Forest Moor, Harrogate(2)
	RAF Boulmer
	RAE Llanbedr
	RAF West Raynham(2)
	DPA Seismic Stations, Norfolk
	RAF Newton(2)
	Arbroath SFA
	Cultybraggan Trg Camp, Crieff
	Rathfriland
	Killymeal Hse, Dungannon
	Aughnacloy
	Clogher
	Kinmel Park, Kinmel
	RAF Neatishead
	Dreghorn Bks, Edinburgh
	RAF Alconbury(2)
	Lisnaskea
	Shetland Islands SFA, Haroldswick
	RAF Halton, Wendover(2)
	RAF Brize Norton, Bicester(2)
	DMC Dean Hill, West Dean(2)
	DLO Pixash Lane, Bristol
	Wainscott Barracks
	Drummond Barracks, Ludgershall
	RNAD Broughton Moor
	DERA Eskmeals, Millom
	Eskmeals, Millom
	Hillside Crescent, Ashton under Lyne
	RAF Tuddenham
	Aberdeen SFA
	Forres SFA
	Kinloss SFA
	Lossiemouth SFA
	DE West Freugh, Portpatrick
	Helensburgh SFA, Rhu
	HMNB Clyde, Rosneath
	DE Farnborough, Aldershot
	Rochester
	RAF Fire Service Central Training Establishment, Ramsgate
	Seaton Barracks, Plymouth
	GPSS Swanvale, Falmouth
	RAF St. Mawgan, Newquay
	Ashchurch SFA, Tewkesbury
	Salisbury SFA, Wilton
	DE Durrington, Salisbury
	Devizes SFA
	()RAF Chilmark, Salisbury(2)
	DE Durrington, Salisbury
	(1) Where more than one site within an establishment is listed for disposal, only the establishment is shown
	(2) Sites assessed as potential for prison development
	A number of former military sites were visited by the National Offender Management Service officials since 2006 to assess further their potential for prison development. These are listed as follows and include Rousillon Barracks, previously used for prison use, and Connaught Barracks.
	RAF Alconbury;
	Aldershot Garrison;
	Anzio Barracks;
	RAF Coltishall;
	Connaught Barracks;
	Rousillon Barracks.
	A proposal to convert Connaught Barracks to a prison was considered but a decision was taken not to proceed.
	In response to Lord Carter's report, Securing the Future: Proposals for the Efficient and Sustainable Use of Custody in England and Wales, in January 2008 Ministers agreed to the acquisition of the former RAF Coltishall site in Norfolk for conversion to a prison.
	With the exception of Coltishall, there are no current plans to build new prisons on any of these former military sites.

Probation: Expenditure

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure his Department and its predecessor incurred on the Probation Service in each year since 2000.

Jack Straw: Expenditure on probation services is as follows:
	
		
			   million 
			   Resource  Capital 
			 2000-01 539 16 
			 2001-02 596 39 
			 2002-03 660 17 
			 2003-04 768 20 
			 2004-05 768 28 
			 2005-06 906 4 
			 2006-07 920 5 
			 2007-08 976 15 
		
	
	Information for 2008-09 is not yet available. The financial data include probation boards, National Probation Directorate and (from 2004-05) the National Offender Management Service. Comparisons over a long period are difficult due to machinery of government changes and accounting methodology changes.

Probation: North Yorkshire

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what the  (a) community and  (b) custody caseload was for North Yorkshire Probation Area on 31 March of each of the last five financial years;
	(2)  how many cases were referred to multi-agency public protection panels in North Yorkshire Probation Area in each of the last five financial years.

David Hanson: The total community and pre-release custodial offender caseload for North Yorkshire as at 31 March in each of the last five years was as follows:
	
		
			   Supervised in community  Supervised in custody 
			 2004 1,451 544 
			 2005 1,562 527 
			 2006 1,767 541 
			 2007 1,805 582 
			 2008 1,717 551 
		
	
	These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
	The following table shows the total number of multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) eligible offenders living in the community in North Yorkshire. The table also shows the number of eligible offenders who were managed at the higher MAPPA levels and who were considered by multi-agency public protection panels. Cases are referred to level 2 where the ongoing involvement of several agencies will be required to implement or monitor the risk management plan and to level 3 where more senior oversight is additionally required. The data is taken from North Yorkshire's MAPPA annual report.
	
		
			  North Yorkshire 
			   2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Total MAPPA eligible offenders 425 507 490 605 632 
			 Level 2 (1) 91 81 192 192 
			 Level 3 27 18 17 21 21 
			 (1 )Not collected. 
		
	
	The doubling of level 2 cases from 2006 to 2007 reflects a change in the way North Yorkshire approached identifying category 3 cases and not a doubling of complex cases at that time.
	There has been a 70 per cent. increase in probation funding in real terms over the last 10 years and an increase of more than a third in staff. The Probation Service continues to cut reoffending rates, increase successful drug treatments and offending behaviour programmes, and carries out visible and punitive community payback.

Probation: Staffordshire

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what the  (a) community and  (b) custody caseload for Staffordshire probation area was on 31 March in each of the last five financial years;
	(2)  how many cases the Staffordshire probation area referred to multi-agency public protection panels in each of the last five financial years;
	(3)  how many offenders in Staffordshire probation area were categorised as Tier 4 in each of the last five financial years.

David Hanson: The total community and pre-release custodial offender caseload for Staffordshire as at 31 March in each of the last five years was as follows:
	
		
			   Supervised in community  Supervised in custody 
			 2004 2,834 931 
			 2005 2,839 914 
			 2006 3,009 969 
			 2007 3,227 982 
			 2008 3,224 1,058 
		
	
	The total number of offenders in Staffordshire who were categorised as Tier 4 as at 31 March in each of the last three years was as follows:
	
		
			   Number 
			 2006 522 
			 2007 752 
			 2008 825 
		
	
	Information on tier prior to 1 April 2005 was not recorded.
	These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
	The following table shows the total number of multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) eligible offenders living in the community in Staffordshire. The table also shows the number of eligible offenders who were managed at the higher MAPPA levels and who were considered by multi-agency public protection panels. Cases are referred to level 2 where the ongoing involvement of several agencies will be required to implement or monitor the risk management plan and to level 3 where more senior oversight is additionally required. Cases can be referred by any agency but the identity of the referring agency is not recorded. This data is taken from Staffordshire's MAPPA annual report.
	
		
			  Staffordshire 
			   2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Total MAPPA eligible offenders 652 722 798 841 920 
			 Level 2 (1) 298 277 295 283 
			 Level 3 48 43 33 46 37 
			 (1 )Not collected. 
		
	
	There has been a 70 per cent. increase in probation funding in real terms over the last 10 years and an increase of more than a third in staff. The Probation Service continues to cut reoffending rates, increase successful drug treatments and offending behaviour programmes, and carries out visible and punitive community payback.

Referral Orders

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many young people are subject to referral orders;
	(2)  how many referral orders have been made in the last six months.

David Hanson: The referral order is the primary community sentence for under 18s. It is available for under 18s appearing in court for the first time who plead guilty. Legislation implemented on 27 April has extended the availability of the referral order so that a referral order may now be made on second conviction where the offender pleads guilty and has not previously had a referral order. Also, in exceptional circumstances, on the recommendation of the youth offending team, a second referral order may be made where the offender pleads guilty.
	Under a referral order the young offender is referred to a youth offender panel consisting of two volunteers from the community advised by a member from the Youth Offending Team (YOT). The young offender is required to attend the panel with their parent/s and must agree a contract which includes reparation or restoration to the victim, or the wider community if there is no direct victim or the victim does not wish to be directly involved, and a programme of interventions and activities to address their offending behaviour. A referral order can be made for a maximum period of 12 months.
	The most recent information on the number of referral orders made is for 2007. In this year a total of 29,090 referral orders were made. Court proceedings data are not yet available for 2008 or 2009.

Restorative Justice

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's high-visibility community payback schemes;
	(2)  what research his Department has undertaken in connection with the high-visibility community payback scheme.

David Hanson: Probation areas have been required to promote the unpaid work community sentence as Community Payback since 2005. This has been done in a variety of ways including the use of signs at Community Payback work sites and on vehicles. In addition Probation areas have also worked to generate local and national publicity in order to increase public awareness of the millions of hours worked by offenders to make reparation for the crimes and to improve local communities. To further increase visibility and public confidence the use of distinctive clothing, to be worn by offenders sentenced to Community Payback, was introduced on 1 December 2008. This followed the review, 'Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime', which proposed that community payback should be made increasingly visible. A survey of members of the public conducted as part of the review found that:
	90 per cent. agreed that all punishments for crime should involve some payback to the community;
	77 per cent. agreed that people should be informed about when and where the work would be carried out; and
	a strong majority wanted work under community sentencing to be made more visible.
	The number of hours worked by offenders and the number of Community Payback work projects on which high visibility clothing is worn is recorded by the National Offender Management Service and in March over 400,000 hours of Community Payback were undertaken by offenders wearing the distinctive clothing.
	Community Payback has featured in the recent 'Justice Seen, Justice Done' campaign where the public were able to have their say on work offenders carry out in 54 local authority areas. The Community Payback work projects nominated will be announced in the near future. Further work will also be undertaken to determine the level of public awareness of Community Payback.

Restorative Justice

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have served on high-visibility community payback schemes in the last six months.

David Hanson: The use of high-visibility clothing by offenders undertaking community payback was introduced on 1 December 2008. Implementation of this policy has been monitored by the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). The overwhelming majority of the offenders comply with this requirement. The number of hours worked by offenders and the number of community payback work projects on which high visibility clothing is worn is recorded by NOMS. Data is available for the period December 2008 to March 2009 and is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Number of community payback projects operated and number of hours worked using high-visibility clothing 
			   Number of projects  Hours worked 
			 December 2,566 210,974 
			 January 2,538 321,853 
			 February 2,422 326,618 
			 March 2,938 401,680